Maybe there is no difference, but is either way better than the other (or perhaps a mysterious \'third\' way better than both!)...
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Use Ajax Call This Way ....
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Shouting Code</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<script
src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script
src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default"
onclick="ajaxRequest(this);">
<i class="fa fa-refresh"></i> Ajax Call
</button>
<script>
function ajaxRequest(id)
{
// ajax request
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
url: '/echo/html/',
data: {
html: '<p>This is echoed the response in HTML format</p>',
delay: 600
},
dataType: 'html',
beforeSend: function() {
// alert("start");
$(id).find('i').addClass('fa-spin');
},
success: function(data) {
alert('Fired when the request is successfull');
},
complete:function(){
// alert("stop");
$(id).find('i').removeClass('fa-spin');
}
});
}</script>
</body>
</html>
An interesting fact is that ajaxStart, etc. are actually just jQuery events. For instance:
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").ajaxStart(function() {
// update labels
$(this).text('Yes');
});
is equivalent to:
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").bind("ajaxStart", function() {
// update labels
$(this).text('Yes');
});
This means that you can also attach namespaces to ajaxStart/ajaxStop, etc. Which also means that you can do:
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").unbind("ajaxStart ajaxStop");
You could also do:
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").bind("ajaxStart.label", function() {
// update labels
$(this).text('Yes');
});
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").bind("ajaxStop.label", function() {
// update labels
$(this).text('No');
});
And then:
$("#lbl_ajaxInProgress").unbind(".label");
Cool, huh?